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AU ends season
with 10th straight loss
March 3, 2001
Seniors Tish Wescott and Jen Surlas scored in double figures to lead the
George Mason University women's basketball team over American, 69-51,
to close their regular season on Senior Recognition Day at home in the
Patriot Center.
With the win the Patriots improve to a program-best 20-7 overall and 11-5 in the Colonial Athletic Association. This is the fourth season in George Mason women's basketball history that the team has compiled 20-or-more wins. American ends their season with a 4-23 overall record and a 2-14 mark in their final season in the CAA.
Both teams got off to a slow start as the Patriots took the 4-3 lead off a Wescott layup about six minutes into the game. The Patriots extended their lead to 10-5 off four straight Wescott points, but American responded with a seven-point run, capped off by a three-pointer by freshman Anastasia Goncharova, to take the 12-10 advantage. A 13-4 George Mason run, including a three-pointer by freshman Jen Derevjanik, put the Patriots back on top, 23-16. George Mason led at the break, 27-22.
A Surlas three-pointer started the scoring for the Patriots in the second half. Two straight Eagle three-pointers closed the George Mason lead to one, 30-29, and American managed to tie the game, 31-31, off a layup by senior Jina Lewis (New Castle, DE/William Penn). Another Surlas three-pointer ignited the Patriots as they would outscore the Eagles, 24-2, in the next 10:39 to take their largest lead of the game, ahead 22 points, 57-35. The Patriots would go on to win, 69-51.
Wescott led the Patriots with 12 points, six rebounds and a career-high five steals. Derevjanik added 11 points, a career- and game-high six steals and four rebounds. Surlas was the third Patriot to score in double-figures with 10 points, a season- and game-high eight rebounds, three steals and three assists. Senior Jill Regan, in her final home game for the Green & Gold, contributed eight points, six rebounds, two assists and a block in the Patriot win.
Three Eagles also
posted double-figure points, led by freshman Kaitlin Schuyler with a game-high
16 points and three assists. Junior Danielle Johnson and Lewis added 12
and 11 points, respectively.
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